Tag Archives: 2017

First female official doesn’t earn stripes, milestone comes with asterisk

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Ben Austro

[media-credit name="Mike Jurecki | XTRA 910 Sports." align="alignright" width="150"][/media-credit] According to Sam Farmer of the Los Angeles Times, former Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference referee Shannon Eastin has been assigned as an official for Thursday’s Packers-Chargers preseason game. It is the first … Continue reading →

5 NCAA officials prove it’s not the old boys’ club anymore

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Ben Austro

It didn’t take long, but I had to make a slight modification to the site organization, based on a miscalculation on my part. We have a category that we place stories that profile a particular official or his off-the-field accomplishments … Continue reading →